Cindy

20 min AMRAP
5 pull ups
10 push ups
15 squats

20 + 7 squats

Jacked the following from District CF:

The Story of Cliff Young

Every year, Australia hosts 543.7-mile (875-kilometer) endurance racing from Sydney to Melbourne. It is considered among the world’s most grueling ultra-marathons. The race takes five days to complete and is normally only attempted by world-class athletes who train specially for the event. These athletes are typically less than 30 years old and backed by large companies such as Nike.

In 1983, a man named Cliff Young up showed at the start of this race. Cliff was 61 years old and wore overalls and work boots. To everyone’s shock, Cliff was not a spectator. He picked up his race number and joined the other runners.

The press and other athletes became curious and questioned Cliff. They told him, ‘You’re crazy, there’s no way you can finish this race. ” To which he replied, “Yes I can. See, I grew up on a farm where we could not afford horses or tractors, and the whole time I was growing up, whenever the storms would roll in, I’d have to go out and round up the sheep. We had 2,000 sheep on 2,000 acres. Sometimes I would have to run those sheep for two or three days. It took a long time, but I’d always catch them. I believe I can run this race .

When the race started, the pros left Cliff behind quickly. The crowds and television audience were entertained because Cliff did not even run properly, he appeared to shuffle. Many even feared for the old farmer’s safety.

All of the professional athletes knew that it took about five days to finish the race. In order to compete, one had to run about 18 hours a day and sleep the remaining six hours. The thing is, Cliff Young did not know that!

When the morning of the second day came, everyone was in for another surprise. Not only was Cliff still in the race, he had continued all night jogging.

Eventually what Cliff asked about his tactics for the rest of the race. To everyone’s disbelief, he claimed he would run straight through to the finish without sleeping.

Cliff kept running. Each night he came a little closer to the leading pack. By the final night, he had surpassed all of the young, world-class athletes. He was the first competitor to cross the finish line and he set a new course record.

When Cliff was awarded the winning prize of $ 10,000, he said he did not know there was a prize and insisted that he did not enter for the money. He ended up giving all of his winnings to several other runners, an act that endeared him to all of Australia.

This is a true story. Wiki page.